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    The surname Favreau

    A French surname, carried by 1,629 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F160

    Favreau: #17,345 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Favreau #17,345, 1,629 people Favreau: #17,345 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Favreau #17,345, 1,629 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Favreau is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Favreau.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,629 people named Favreau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,531 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,552.

    #17,345
    rank among US surnames
    1,629
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,914)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,337Shake1,630189,414
    #17,345Estey1,629189,531

    Who is named Favreau

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Favreau identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Favreaus

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jon Favreau
      American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)
    • Jon Favreau
      American political pundit (born 1981)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Favreau

    Favreau has the Soundex code F160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F160.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Favreau come from?
    From French Favreau.
    How common is the surname Favreau?
    1,629 people in the United States had the surname Favreau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,531 Americans. It ranked 17,345th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Favreau?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Favreau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Favreau?
    Jon Favreau, American actor and filmmaker (born 1966), followed by Jon Favreau.
    Where is the surname Favreau most common?
    Wikidata records people named Favreau in the United States.
    Is the surname Favreau getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,629 in 2010, up 5.0%.